- Anti-graft commission replies ex-minister
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it has powers, based on judicial precedents, to prosecute a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, over alleged $6 billion Mambilla hydroelectric power plant.
EFCC is prosecuting Agunloye, who served under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, for alleged infractions on the power plant.
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The suit is before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of a Federal Capital territory (FCT) High Court at Apo in Abuja.
The former minister is facing a seven-count charge bordering on forgery, disobedience of presidential order, and corruption.